Having the site down allowed for a tremendous amount of backend work to be done (a more thorough IT explanation in the next post). For those not familiar with that side of things, an analogy would be that we were constantly maintaining, patching and repairing a crumbling building. The last few days enabled the old building to be demolished, new foundations laid, materials tested and then assembled.

Now, we can, without constant distraction,...

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Hope no one minds but I'm going to close/lock this thread and correspond directly with the posters above via email. Juggling a few too many things atm, still IT stuff :dunno: .

goulaigan will be first on my list of emails. The email will be called rsync nightmare.

:) Thanks again for the above,
Pat

P.S. That busy that Sarah and I haven't even had a beer together in the last fortnight :O

The following problems should only affect a tiny fraction of users.
If using Google Chrome, you may find ; upon registration, after solving the Captcha or 'Sortable' correctly you are told you are incorrect; not being able to login using your proper username and password; when posting, finding the 'Add Files' button not working.

Solution/s

This problem is extremely rare although a few users on other phpBB forum software...

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Got a strange one Pat & Sarah. I received a My first post notification so I clicked on it...It took me to page 324 . Seems to be 327 pages :think: :think: :think: Tried it 3x and same result..I went back to yesterdays email and the notification went through properly ..
J

As mentioned in the post 2017 - A Major New Year for the Site , an incredible amount of work has been spent on the new site structure, which will make the information on BIABrewer.info fast and easy to find.

In this thread, I'll try to explain the coming changes in a series of posts, which I'll endeavour to write every few days or so. These updates will include, but not be limited to:

Why 2017 and Not...

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Hi there shetc and thanks for your questions.

In the temporary skin (the one with green header) active topics can be changed at the bottom. In the Gold skin, this option is accessed by clicking the filter button arrowed in the pic below BUT that button is failing (see Update below).

In the new site structure, recipes will be much easier to find but I like your idea of being able to search for posts with...

I don't normally blow my own trumpet - in this case I'm blowing it for BIAB and to encourage those new to the method who may perhaps harbour some niggling doubts about whether BIAB is 'second best' or some sort of soft option.

Anyway this year, as announced tonight at the awards night, the Brisbane Amateur Beer Brewers Competition yielded these Results for my BIAB beers:

If you find a post excelling in humour in biabrewer.info or or in any other forum that has been written about brewing by a brewer, please link them here. (Always provide the original link and some context where necessary.)

Feel free to comment on what people link here. From time to time, we will delete comments so as new readers can enjoy what will mainly be, a collection of great links.

This is a thread that I'll be subscribing* to for sure - there are some funny brewers out there!

Cheers,...

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I wish I'd known this 25 years ago!
Did you succumb to this centuries old scam? :lol: Or did you wish you knew about it? :argh:

When I have a little more time, I'll think more on this thread but for now, if you have anything to add to it, feel free to make a post here and if it looks as though it could be useful to a majority of brewers then I will link yur ost below. PP will get the ball rolling in the first two posts below.

pH strips - Easier to use than a pH meter. Careful though as not all pH strips are designed to measure wort. (PistolPatch)

To all the brewers in Florida USA ...Please be safe !!!!! This is a devastating storm ....Supposed to be a direct hit to us here in the Tampa Bay area .
Please have your house & belongings taken care of...This one is no joke !!!
I've got the house boarded up & sand bags where needed . Plenty of 5 gal water jugs & carboys filled. 2 cylinders of propane, 20 bags of ice ....
I have a ton of camping lanterns and batteries.
Of course plenty of homebrews in fridge till we lose electric...We WILL...

we know this because when we do not, it never fails, but, we brew a fantastic beer we cannot relicate.

So for her birthday, every year my wife has me brew up what I call a Desert Honey Ale.

it is just a normal american style red ale with Honey I source locally, usually I help a few neighbors get rid of a wild bee hive or two each spring (spelled killer bee) face it if it is my area they have been Africanized. European honey bees have a...

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Oh I plan on finding out the right recipe, like i said IT WAS REALLY GOOD.
I will take better notes next time, I also plan on converting over to metric as it seems a lot of guys here do metric
Being American, I am used to our system, but I have spent a career having to convert in my mind so it will be rather easy to tweak them up to metric.
As mentioned I do remember he additions, but just not exact amount. I think it is just a matter of doing a few brews to nail it.

Yep that's right, I`ve only been around here for a week or so and I have come to the conclusion that this
site is a major pain in the A..neck. Mainly for beginners I think.

Keep that anger in check, not finished.
It is a PITA and that's what I like about it.
When I first discovered that BIAB existed and found this site. I was stoked.
Whats a PITA.
Well as a beginner I need a lot of reading/ understanding. I am yet to do a BIAB.
So I`d be reading somewhere and be totally enthralled in what I...

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What I have noticed in my few weeks here

this site has great information and no BS

If you want BS there is a big website that you can go to and post whatever you want, they specialize in making sure everyone feels just at home and no one can say your wrong. And it gets pretty funny reading the results. Most of which are, you do not have to do that, just do the minimum instead.

OK I want real information, stuff written by old hands, I have been over the hump and do not need guidance in areas...

Hi all,
I am doing a little research into American pre-proabition beer recipes, right now focus is on cream ales (not surprisingly different tasting then the type out today) and I came across a reference to the Australian Sparkling Ale as having a similar history as the American Cream Ale.

So of course I thought about the biabrewer site and figured I could maybe get some more info straight from some Aussie beer brewer blokes. ;)
Anyone have input on this type of Australian ale, is it still...

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Ha - well don't I feel silly, sparkling ale is Cooper's pale ale... That's what I get for not doing a quick Google. Thanks for showing restraint and not blasting me on my question.
Pete

I've now got my bottling procedure down to a shade under one hour. 24 bottles clean and marked. I realised this morning how much I enjoy it, and find it is a bit like meditation. A little bit of deep breathing, relaxed movements, patience for each bottle to fill.
Even washing bottles doesn't feel like a chore. Just enjoying the ride, and looking forward to the bounty from each batch....

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Must admit I have come to enjoy it. Not so much when I first got the bottles and the crap that came out.
But now that the bottles are always clean. I often have an audio -book in my ipod, listening to that it flies by.
When they are capped and the waiting to try it. Great feeling.

The American Football Exhibition (practice)games are set to begin on August 7th 2016. :champ:
The Packers play in the Hall of Fame game. This game is a extra Exhibition game right after the new members of the Hall of fame are inducted.

This game is a shambles of unready new players and a few 2nd year players. The real players are on the sidelines watching because they are to valuable to be risked. The coaches use this game as a extra chance to evaluate and train the new kids. With huge...

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Older does not make one wiser. Just older! :nup:

Working hard at revamping Cheese! It IS slow going when you ARE slow going. I need a clear sober mind to code so...... I need more time. :drink:

Has anyone used a bazooka filter specifically for transferring into fermenter?

Ok, I use grain and hop bags but I've never tried a bazooka filter. I think it should assist when I rank from my kettle to my fermenter... after it's chilled, of course. I think it's 12 , it covers the entire diameter of my 10 gallon ACMCYL kettle.

Any experiences or suggestions? Thanks, y'all.

Salud,
Roberto

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My pot has a ball valve . I use to drain, but , I use a funnel with a screen to catch the large particles.
The small ones go into the fermenter . I think it was Rick (?) who said the trub actually gives the yeast more to eat. I don't remember who it was actually but will try to find it. Don't stress too much about the trub.
J

Three fermenters of same wort with 3 different dry hops. My co-brewer youmustbemellow is unsure whether the malt backbone is strong enough to support the column... Column Cold Crashing.jpg Safety first though!... Jockey Strap.jpg

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Wish you would pressure ferment :drink: You could easily hold 4 kegs in there, for sure, without stacking and also have a shelf above it for rosters and such.

It's 3:15AM here in SW Ontario and I am currently riding a 28 hr streak without sleep. I have worked 2 8 hr shifts in the last 24 hrs. I generally work midnight to 8AM but today I added a 4PM to midnight shift. Although I don't like the 4-12 shift ;I do love relaxing in front of the computer listening to tunes, surfing the web and enjoying some pops(I've lost count) after this shift.
Anyways; the chat thread is full of beer stuff and I never utilised the chat function. I think we could use a...

I always seem to lose more wort than I'd like when transferring to my fermenter as I worry about having to much Trub in the fermenter. Is trub in the fermenter an issue or am I worrying about nothing? How do other people minimise trub loss? Whirl-pooling never works for me as I have an immersion heater fitted at the base of my kettle which disrupts whirl-pooling. Are bazooka screens useful or should I just not worry about Trub?

Cheers

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PP I'll pm you re details of grain bag material... Still trying to convince my wife it will save money in the long term :lol: :lol: Great ;). I think men honestly lying to their wives has been going on for quite a while. When my Dad proposed to my Mum, he said, We'll have two children and go on overseas holidays every three years.

The end result was nine children, and, no overseas holiday until they were in their 40's.

Does anyone know where you can design and buy bottle labels online in Australia for a reasonable price?

Cheers

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What I have done the past two times is fix up a design of some sort of photoshop, print the labels out at kinko's, and adhere them to the bottle using a gelatin mixture. Its super simple. The hardest/most tedious part is cutting out the labels.

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